Craig, On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Craig Erb <craig_...@ymail.com> wrote: > [Craig] >> IMHO DNA is an inorganic pattern [as is carbon], so they are inappropriate >> for distinguishing the two respective levels. > > [Dan] >> A genetic code is peculiar to the biological level whereas carbon is not. > > You need to know what pattern is at the biological level before you can > discover that DNA is its genetic code. Therefore, DNA cannot be the criteria > for the biological level, only a derivative symptom of it.
Dan: Isn't that like saying you need to know what pattern is at the intellectual level before you can discover ideas? Therefore, ideas cannot be the criteria for the intellectual level? > > [Dan] >> You know your own experience. But how do you know another biological >> pattern's experience? For instance, how do you >> know what scrambled eggs taste like to a cockroach? > > I don't, of course, nor do I know what scrambled eggs taste like to anyone > else but me. But this doesn't prevent me from knowing all sorts of things > about other living things' experience. For instance, I know an amoeba > doesn't value acid, because I see it back away. Dan: You can infer all sorts of things about other living things' experience. You cannot know. Not like your own. Dan http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
